Real-Life Jackalopes

Dr. Richard E. Shope discovered the Shope papilloma virus in the 1930s. Around the same time in Wyoming, a man named Douglas Herrick started selling mounted "jackalope" heads to the public. But these heads were hoaxes, made by attaching antlers to taxidermied rabbits. Today, the town of Douglas, Wyoming still playfully issues jackalope hunting licenses.